STKD6700 Introduction to Programming I Course description

This course is focusing on the development of basic programming techniques, analytical thinking, comprehension of code and problem-solving skills achieved through a programming-based approach. It also focuses on developing programming skills relevant for personal and professional use. It provides theoretical and practical exposure to different programming technologies and programming concepts such as object-oriented programming, web-programming etc.

To understand some of the concepts presented in this new course, it is recommended to have completed mathematics at least at high school algebra level. This course is especially designed for people who do not have any previous experience with programming.

No additional requirements to the general requirements for the Summer School.

After completing this course the student should have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge On successful completion of this course the student has:

• basic understanding of the operation and capabilities of computers
• knowledge of the methods used to debug programs
• understanding of writing basic programs using modern programming languages

Skills On successful completion of this course the student has:

• the ability to format and write basic code
• the ability to identify and remediate bugs
• the ability to solve and design solutions to (simple) programming problems

General Competence On successful completion of this course the student is:

• proficient in planning and implementing a project plan for software development
• able to explain problem-solving principles
• able to recognise the place programming has within a professional domain

This course is a four-week attendance-based teaching module. The course contains individual programming exercises and a group-programming project. Course participants will work in groups on the final project and this project will be evaluated at the end of the course based on a group oral presentation.

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An oral group-presentation of a project and a code repository. Each group may consist of 2-3 students. The presentation and code repository counts for 100% of the final grade. The oral presentation cannot be appealed.

All support materials are allowed for the oral presentation.

The final assessment will be graded on a grading scale from A to E (A is the highest grade and E the lowest) and F for fail.

Two examiners will be used, one of which can be external. External examiner is used regularly.

The course has 1 ECTS of overlapping content towards Basic Programming ADTE1400. The course has 5 ECTS of overlapping content towards STKD6710 Introduction to Programming.